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91.
by scatters 4y ago
You still don't know whether something is dollars or cents. Some things are conventionally priced in dollars, others in cents, and your customers are going to be very unhappy if they have to enter or read the price in the "wrong&q
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by scatters 4y ago
Think it's left/right of the bell curve (as in the meme), i.e. dumb money (retail) vs. smart money (industry).
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by scatters 4y ago
If `x` is a constant, `(x) * 0l` is a zero constant, so `(void*)((x) * 0l)` is a null pointer. When a null void pointer is one branch of a ternary conditional, the expression takes the (pointer) type of the other branch. If `x` is not a con
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by scatters 4y ago
Lots of people want to reproduce and become parents. Being trans doesn't prevent that.
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by scatters 4y ago
I'm with the reviewer on this one. Why is it malformed? Why are you fixing it here and not earlier? Why are you fixing it and not rejecting it? The comment tells me nothing.
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by scatters 4y ago
Question: Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes. Answer: The ancient Greeks were the first to use the bladder of the sheep to prevent earthquakes. They used the idea of water pressure to make t
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by scatters 4y ago
The military are extremely interested in being able to power expeditionary bases without having to truck in diesel. It would be a game changer to logistics.
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by scatters 4y ago
Yes, exactly that. `sizeof(int)` OK, `sizeof(i)` OK, `sizeof i` OK, `sizeof int` not OK. One of those weird rules.
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by scatters 4y ago
Debug doesn't have to mean unoptimized.
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by scatters 4y ago
You think that the authorities are creating an internal enemy to sow division. I am saying that the visceral reaction to plague is an instinctive human universal, not something that has to be cultivated.
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by scatters 4y ago
What was the point of writing that?
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by scatters 4y ago
You've got cause and effect backwards. Societies have to overreact to pandemics, because those that didn't got wiped out - eventually. Enforcement of quarantine and similar measures through extreme social norms is a necessary ad
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by scatters 4y ago
Compared to burning it?
104.
by scatters 4y ago
If they want to do it, it isn't unfree. > you can certainly incentivize it without resorting to torture. How?
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by scatters 4y ago
If it's voluntary it's not unfree, by definition. Children are motivated by love, respect and authority. Convicts are less likely to respond to those.
106.
by scatters 4y ago
Then it's not unfree; it's voluntary in return for time off a sentence.
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by scatters 4y ago
How do you compel unfree labor without torture?
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by scatters 4y ago
Well, "false" can't get confused with the ISO code for Norway.
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by scatters 4y ago
They are an elastic resource. The amount being created is responsive to demand. Also, they're substitutable; if people can't afford classic cars, they'll buy art, or wine, or yachts, or Rolexes, or a thousand other luxury g
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by scatters 4y ago
Yes, I should have mentioned land value taxes. Depending on the level, they reduce or eliminate the property interest in the rental value of the land itself, while preserving the usufruct and stewardship aspects, crucially allowing the owne
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by scatters 4y ago
Where do you think classic cars come from? Classic cars are constantly being created as existing cars age into that bracket.
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by scatters 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax#Implementation
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by scatters 4y ago
Land is different from other forms of property and capital. Its supply is almost completely inelastic, and it derives the largest proportion of its value from the efforts of others.
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by scatters 4y ago
This has already been solved. The solution is a land value tax.
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by scatters 4y ago
The people in my network who aren't using Signal are on WhatsApp or Telegram, and Signal can't handle those. But then, I live in Europe.
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by scatters 4y ago
Yes, that's why it's switching.
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by scatters 4y ago
> if you were to somehow uninstall [the Android SMS] app then the default app would appear since it's probably part of the core operating system No. Why would it? > I don't know what you mean by you cannot substitute Message
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by scatters 4y ago
Even better: it's a player in a competitive market. So you can switch your chats one-by-one to Signal, Telegram or whatever floats your boat.
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by scatters 4y ago
Well done that parents' group. Obviously something like Signal would be better, but that'll happen once there's enough social consensus.
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by scatters 4y ago
Apple's messages app isn't really an app; it comes preinstalled on the phone, you can't remove it or substitute it with another app, and you can't install it on non-Apple hardware. The lock-in is obvious: if you're

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